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Summary

Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence, has a history of promoting Russian propaganda and defending authoritarian leaders like Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin.

Critics cite her support for Russia’s actions in Syria and Ukraine, as well as her embrace of Kremlin-backed conspiracy theories, raising concerns about her fitness for the DNI role.

Intelligence experts warn her appointment could strain relationships with U.S. allies and compromise national security due to her susceptibility to misinformation and lack of extensive national security expertise required by law.

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[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 102 points 1 month ago

Putin watching Trump follow his hand-delivered list of russian kompromat candidates to a T:

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 31 points 1 month ago

Given how things have been going with the republicans recently, I'm not entirely convinced that "kompromat" would even be garunteed to work on them anymore. If they can seemingly get away without serious consequences for virtually anything, what kind of threat does releasing incriminating information even become?

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 14 points 1 month ago

Yeah it’s less fear of kompromat and more fear of the machine they’ve created that feeds millions of idiots.

[-] evatronic@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

Blackmail is the first step, to get them to comply.

Next comes the bribes and money. That's what the Republicans are addicted to and afraid of losing. Russia spends a LOT of money on a LOT of politicians, and they step out of line, the faucet gets turned off.

After the bribes come the subtle threats and constant low-key demonstrations of power. This is where Russia notices someone is toeing the line or stepping out of control and they reign them back in with a well-placed threat delivered in a way even Boebert can understand. This is the "we picked your kids up at school and dropped them off at their grandparents house today" kind of thing.

They're in deep and can't get out without serious harm to themselves and probably their families. I'd feel sorry for them, but they're all a bunch of shithead traitors who did this to themselves, and are now destroying our country.

[-] jrs100000@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

She isn't compromised, she's an employee.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Looks like fuckin' Voldemort, what shithead

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 80 points 1 month ago

“Al-Qaeda attacked us on 9/11 and must be defeated. Obama won’t bomb them in Syria. Putin did. #neverforget911,” she wrote on Twitter.

Just what the fuck

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

"Never forget"? Osama bin Laden. Ring a bell? Taliban working with al-Qaeda? The whole basis of the war with Afghanistan?

Meanwhile Trump invites the Taliban to Camp David and not a fucking peep.

We are being governed by absolute brain dead puppets of our worst enemies.

[-] vinnymac@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago

I met her about 9 years ago or so in NYC through a friend of mine over coffee. At the time she was a democrat with strong views about war, given her past experiences that made sense.

Now she is fully unhinged. Sad to see these people who are so willing to change allegiances just to acquire some semblance of power.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Horseshoe theory come to life on that one.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

Wow. It’s a long but worthwhile read. She’s a terrible person.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Agreed and agreed. The ISIS fighter jets one got me. That woman is thick as a plank.

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago

One question comes to mind: what kind of qualifications make her being selected for this position.

The only ones so far are her potential tires to Russia. There's literally nothing else.

[-] bostonbananarama@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago

The only ones so far are her potential tires to Russia.

She's like an all-season radial directly to Moscow.

[-] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Is she in alignment with Putin?

[-] Wiz@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago
[-] khannie@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

You're missing the joke. :) There was a typo in the quote and the jokes are now about tires / tyres.

[-] Wiz@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago

Ahh. Whooshy-whoosh!

[-] pythonoob@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago

What is fox news spouting about her and the other cabinet picks. I probably need to know before Thanksgiving so I'm not blind sided but I hate to actually look.

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Most of the nominees are Fox employees, so if you need an answer, it could NFS along the lines of “of course Fox would say that, the hired her”.

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 month ago

No. It's more concerning than those who don't think believe.

To anyone with half a mind that works, every one of the traitor-in-chief elects picks are existential threats.

[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago

CIA if you're listening

this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2024
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